Rosenstöckl Villa

The famous garden house behind Esplanade street

The house was built in 1840 in the Biedermeier style, and was successfully embellished in 1935 with a portico matching the style of the villa. The “small garden house”, built in the classic style, originally belonged to the “Lidl House” (“Lidlhaus”) at Esplanade 6. In 1923, a garden pavilion was built. In the garden area, there are two terracotta statues (from around 1900) and the basin of a fountain.

One of the residents of this villa was the famous composer, pianist and conductor Giacomo Meyerbeer (1771 - 1864). Like many others, he was inspired by Ischl and its surroundings. He wrote his opera Les Huguenots and many other pieces here. He specifically selected this villa as his place to work on these compositions.

Another resident of this villa was Franz Lehár, who spent three summers (1909 – 1911) there. He wrote his operettas Gipsy Love and The Count of Luxembourg here.

The house and the garden, which is located on the south of the Kurpark garden, are private property, and therefore not open to the public.